Iordanis Ananiadis
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- Thessaloniki, Greece
Jordan Ananiadis (Greek: Ιορδάνης Ανανιάδης) was born in 1944 in Thessaloniki. He has studied Painting, Decoration, and Advertising. He started making animation films in 1966 and keeps up tirelessly to this day. The work of this pioneer has been awarded many times, both in Greece (winning multiple prizes and distinctions in Thessaloniki Film Festival and Drama International Short Film Festival, or State Quality Awards from the Ministry of Culture) and abroad (awards by EEC Member-States and in international festivals such as in Bilbão, Spain, and Lucca, Italy.). He has taught for ten consecutive years (1994–2004) in Ornerakis Applied Arts School and he is a member of the Greek Directors Guild. His film The Circle has been included in the list of the legendary film magazine IndieWire with the 250 best short animation films from 1895 to 2012, while the important book on the history of animation Cartoons, One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation by Giannalberto Bendazzi (Libbey, 1994) makes a reference to his work.
Filmography
12410 and 1 Roses 2010
Director, Writer
Don't Throw Anything Away 2005
Director, Screenplay, Animation, Producer
We Greeks 1996
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Animation
Adam 1986
Writer, Director, Producer
The Hole 1983
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Animation
The Circle 1981
Director
Zachos The Masochist 1979
Screenplay, Director, Producer, Animation
Animation Has No Borders 1986
Animation
Credits from TMDB.